Skip to content

Business & Hospitality News and Resources, Interviews, Reviews, Travel - A Foodie's Guide To Tasmania & Far Beyond.

Facebook page opens in new windowTwitter page opens in new windowInstagram page opens in new windowPinterest page opens in new window
Just The Sizzle
Just The Sizzle
  • Home
  • Donate
  • About
  • Press
  • Blog
    • Business & Hospitality Talk
    • Reviews
    • Recipes
    • Travel
  • Shop
  • Cart
  • Home
  • Donate
  • About
  • Press
  • Blog
    • Business & Hospitality Talk
    • Reviews
    • Recipes
    • Travel
  • Shop
  • Cart
Business & Hospitality Talk hospitality-talk-chefs-management-graves-justthesizzle

Is there Michelin relevance now, or not?

April 7, 2022

A Michelin Guide comes with big expectations, mixed with fact, fantasy, longing, back stories and repurcussions that would make your hair stand on end.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk Tip of the iceberg

Fassnidge, from reality chef to real reality. Big jump.

April 7, 2022

Interesting journey that Fassnidge went on to discover that sometimes copying role models and tradition aren’t a good MO.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk chef stress

A restaurant’s secret to happy staff. Interesting

April 7, 2022

Happy staff are the end result of enlightened management. A fish stinks from the head down is a well used maxim for a reason. Here’s some fresh fish.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk justthesizzle-rafting-the-tahune-our-crew

The Power of Teamwork

March 10, 2022

The power of teamwork is vital to any team, but particularly in restaurant kitchens – without cohesion, chaos ensues. Here’s some tips to avoid the rapids.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk hospitality-talk-chefs-management-graves-justthesizzle

Hospitality and handling the heat

March 10, 2022

Running any business is hard in this new post Covid world, but running a restaurant has become all about handling the heat, in so many ways.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk hospitality-talk-business-secret-justthesizzle.jpg

Hospitality talk: A business secret I never forgot

February 9, 2018

A tender business secret that will stick with you and see you well in the future. I had so many lessons at Expo 88, but this was the best hands down.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk hospitality-talk-chefs-management-graves-justthesizzle

Hospitality talk: Handling the heat

January 29, 2018

When it comes to being able to handle the heat, in a kitchen, a restaurant, or business, how good are you? Do you have a pressure plan? That’s why we set up offthehotplate. It’s a pressure plan.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk hospitality-talk-chefs-management-graves-justthesizzle

Hospitality talk: Chefs, it’s a numbers game

January 14, 2018

What might you say to a chef wanting to create his own theatre, so he may strut his own stage? First, as with all would be business owners: do your homework!

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk Kitchen tales

Hospitality talk: Kitchen Tales and memories…

January 4, 2018

A life spent on the tools in a kitchen might seem a life misspent, but I loved every minute, and lived (survived) to tell the tales. Lucky me.

Read more
Business & Hospitality Talk hospitality-talk-fear-trust-justthesizzle.jpg

Hospitality talk: Fear and trust – the big tickets

December 28, 2017

Breaking down every transaction in any business from the point of view of trust, might yield some surprising revelations.

Read more
12

Follow Us!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest

Support Our Refugees

100% of donations goes towards Refugees Code. Every little bit counts!

Start Making A Difference

Get Connected

Make sure you get every morsel!

You have Successfully Subscribed!

Theatre Of War Book Cover

Christine’s brilliant memoir Theatre of War is available now! A rollicking trip through 9 restaurants and the Chefs, thieves and rogues she duelled with daily… Buckle up, it’s a rough ride. “Laugh out loud! A terrific read!”

Buy Now

Christine Matheson is a former chef & restaurateur with more than 25 years’ experience in the hospitality game.

Chrissie has been a restaurant consultant & food critic known for her brutally honest and entertaining restaurant reviews. And she was executive chef and customer consultant for a large chain of food stores.

Now a resident of, arguably Australia’s foodie capital, Tasmania, Christine has flexed her food muscles as a judge at the annual Royal Hobart Show Fine Food Awards and is currently working on her 3rd book about her incredible times in the food industry.

She is working on a legacy project now that is aimed at revolutionising the publishing industry, allowing people to tell and share their stories with the world.

Learn more about Christine

Support Our Refugees

100% of donations goes towards Refugees Code. Every little bit counts!

Start Making A Difference

  • About
  • Donate
  • Privacy Policy
Products
  • Theatre of War: The Art Of Running A Restaurant Paperback
    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $29.95
Copyright © 2022. All Rights Reserved - Just the Sizzle

A foodies guide to Tasmania and beyond.

Go to Top